'The Comic Book History of Comics' Collection: The Birth of Superman [Exclusive Preview]

awesome!!

Having read a lot of comics history books, I was pleasantly surprised that this was probably the most comprehensive, direct, and readable book on a rather broad subject that exists. I love R.C. Harvey's work, and Jerry Robinson and Bill Blackbeard both made some amazing tomes, but I've struggled to find a book that I feel best covers the important milestones and shifts in our medium as well as Comic Book History of Comics does. I'm looking forward to the collected book, and will make it a textbook for my comics history class; it doesn't cover everything (that's what the lectures are for), and it is laid out thematically rather than chronologically (which makes it a far more engaging read, though somewhat more difficult to work into a curriculum), but it does hit all of the important notes and does so with seemingly effortless ease. A really great series (in issues) and one that I'd recommend to anyone.

Neat.

This summary makes the common mistake of saying that Jerry Siegel's father was murdered. He was in fact not murdered or even shot, but suffered a heart attack during or just after the robbery. Made little difference to young Jerry or the rest of the Siegel family, I realise, but there's no way of knowing how far the criminals were prepared to go.